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From: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Alfter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Re^2: Apple shoots own foot
Keywords: nintendo
Message-ID: <1990Feb10.000040.5716@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 10 Feb 90 00:00:40 GMT
References: <10287.infoapple.net@pro-generic> <38503@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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In article <38503@apple.Apple.COM> farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) writes:
>	Not really.  The Nintendo uses, so I'm told, a 65816, as does
>	a IIGS.  The Nintendo also has dedicated video hardware for

That's not what I've heard.  I've heard that Nintendo uses some 8-bit processor
(don't know what, tho').  Sega uses a 16-bit processor, however.

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